I will post this now--come help if you want

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“The Obama camp. couldn't immediately say whether he'd remain on the committee.”

I know Obama had a response today----but Wonder what is next to come??

Recap:
Samantha Powers has left the O. camp because of a rude outlandish rant.
Maxim Thorne—a member of O. camp GLBT committee resigned a few days for Rovian-style emails he was sending out to blogs. (see below).


And yes, G. Ferraro resigned from the Clinton camp. This post is not about her—so spaming the thread say she resigned is irrelevant.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Wrights_committee.html


March 13, 2008

Wright's committee

Jeremiah Wright, in the news today because video of a sermon (parts of which had been reported, and disavowed, before) adds some heat to the discussion of his relationship with Obama, has generally been described as connected to Obama only informally — a religious figure with whom Obama has said he disagrees at times, a kind of cranky uncle.

But he also has a formal role on the campaign.

Wright is a member of Obama's African American Religious Leadership Committee — the sort of largely honorary, advisory body that in recent days has recently been used mostly to throw people off who say controversial things.

The Obama campaign couldn't immediately say whether he'd remain on the committee.
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http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/03/maxim-thorne-another-yalie-embarrasses-barack-obama.php

Thorne had to resign today from Obamateam: Another Yalie Embarrasses Obama

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Another Barack Obama adviser had to resign today after making incendiary statements about Hillary Clinton. Maxim Thorne, formerly a chief at the Human Rights Campaign and, until today, a member of Obama's Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/ Transgender Leadership Council, recently e-mailed a lengthy anti-Clinton screed that began by declaring Clinton "a disaster for the Democratic Party" and went on to question Hillary's whereabouts "when Monica was having sex with Bill" and assert that ……" Thorne resigned almost immediately after the e-mail surfaced…….

[Raffi Ella]

1. yeah...

maybe Barack will just do the Democratic Party a favor and drop the hell out of the race now.There really is NO answer to this, you know?NONE!It is a disaster for Us.

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2. It is terrible for the Dems at this point as the RW has good juicy fodder now.

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3. **NEWSFLASH: Obama campaign won't ask Wright to step down ... l

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Obama campaign won't ask Wright to step down ... link
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5080188#5080188
5080188, Obama campaign won't ask Wright to step down ... link
Posted by Alhena on Fri Mar-14-08 03:27 PM

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/14/770536.aspx

Seems like a mistake to me, even if it is just a meaningless advisory role, why not cut whatever ties do exist between Wright and the campaign?